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Once again, Futurepump and SunCulture have been selected by the London Stock Exchange Group as Companies to Inspire Africa. This pioneering report identifies Africa’s most inspirational and dynamic private, high-growth companies to a global market. Congratulations to them both!

Congratulations to Promethean Power—they're on this year's longlist for the Ashden Awards! Created to highlight some the boldest thinking and biggest breakthroughs in sustainable energy, the Ashden Awards are globally recognized as a mark of excellence in the field of green energy.

Promethean Power Systems' cold storage solution for smallholder dairy farmers is featured in Feed the Future's Year in Review. It's great to see Promethean continuing the groundbreaking work they started as a Powering Agriculture Innovator!

KickStart's MoneyMaker pumps help farmers who are often barely feeding themselves to grow more crops and sell their surplus. What's next? They're planning to open an innovation hub in Kenya to develop new irrigation solutions so it can expand into 16 countries across Africa by 2021.

Big news for advisors, service providers and solar irrigation practitioners: The new videos on the Powering Ag YouTube channel explain how to choose a site, install a pump, choose a financing model and maintain your SPIS. These videos complement the SPIS Toolbox, a free resource at Energypedia.

Congratulations to SimGas! They took home the prize for the Innovative Technology category at the prestigious 2018 Climate & Clean Air Awards. They were recognized for their revolutionary, high-quality and affordable biogas systems, which have tremendous positive impact on climate and health.

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Martin Fisher, president of KickStart International, calls on Global Citizens to support the organization’s work improving access to water throughout Africa at the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Futurepump's SF2 video is a shortlisted entry in the African Technology for Good category of tvebiomovies 2018. Each view counts as a vote, so share this with your friends to help Futurepump bring home the prize. Voting closes on December 21st.

The Biogas Milk Chiller by SimGas enables off-grid dairy farmers to store, deliver, and sell the highest possible quality and quantity of milk. Milk is kept cool overnight until it is delivered/sold the next day. This decreases milk spoilage and increases income potential for dairy farmers.